Natalia Osipova first danced with The Royal Ballet as a Guest Artist in October 2012, giving three performances of Swan Lake partnered by Carlos Acosta. She joined the Company as Principal in November 2013, making her debut in Romeo and Juliet, again partnered by Carlos.

Soloist Iohna Loots retired in 2014, while Dawid Trzensimiech left the Company in February 2014 to join the Romanian National Ballet. Soloist David Pickering, who was appointed Education Administrator for The Royal Ballet in 2008/9 Season, retired from dancing in 2014 but continues in his role as Education Administrator.

Reece Clarke and Gina Storm-Jensen, both pupils of The Royal Ballet Upper School, will be joining The Royal Ballet as Artists on Monday 28 October.

‘I am delighted to welcome Reece and Gina to The Royal Ballet,’ says Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet. ‘Over the past year we have taken seven students from The Royal Ballet School into the Company and this is testament to the close relationship between the Company and school. We look forward to watching them develop in their careers as professional dancers over the forthcoming seasons.’

Gina Storm-Jensen from Norway initially studied with the Norwegian National Ballet School in Oslo. She was a finalist in the Prix de Lausanne 2011, before going on to study with The Royal Ballet School. She was recently awarded the Gailene Stock Prize for Most Promising Student 2013. Watch her perform a classical selection from the Prix de Lausanne: